#C8B531#C8B531

#C8B531 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.145 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B531
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 49)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 75.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.25, -7.23, 65.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.25, 65.45, 96.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.7% -0.027 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(76.7% 0.145 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.8996, 45.5508, 9.5430)
Luminance	0.4555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B531 #3144C8

analogous

#C86A31 #C8B531 #90C831

triadic

#C8B531 #31C8B5 #B531C8

tetradic

#C8B531 #31C86A #3144C8 #C83190

square

#C8B531 #31C86A #3144C8 #C83190

split-complementary

#C8B531 #3190C8 #6A31C8

monochromatic

#665C19 #978925 #C8B531 #D8C85F #E4D990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C8B531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#C8B531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B531

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B531	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B016

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB73A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.145 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddca73',
    500: '#c8b531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b531;
$custom-light: #ddca73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.45,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76697,
    "c": 0.14506,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B531

secondary

#8690CE

accent

#58E444

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B531

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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